Rupert Grint Says He Has a ‘Tricky’ Relationship With J.K. Rowling

A troublesome relationship. Rupert Grint opened up about his “tough” relationship with Harry Potter writer J.Ok. Rowling within the wake of her controversial anti-trans feedback.

“I liken J.Ok. Rowling to an auntie,” Grint, 33, wrote in a bit for the UK’s The Occasions on Saturday, January 15. “I don’t essentially agree with every little thing my auntie says, however she’s nonetheless my auntie. It’s a difficult one.”

After Rowling, 56, posted a number of tweets that includes anti-trans sentiments, the actor shared a press release expressing solidarity with the LGBTQ+ group in 2020. “I firmly stand with the trans group. Trans ladies are ladies. Trans males are males,” Grint advised Us Weekly on the time. “We must always all be entitled to dwell with love and with out judgment.” Grint’s Harry Potter costars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson additionally issued statements condemning Rowling’s tweets.

The Servant star beforehand spoke about his choice to talk out in help of the trans group throughout a March 2021 interview with Esquire. “Generally silence is even louder,” Grint mentioned on the time. “I felt like I needed to [speak] as a result of I feel it was essential to.”

He added that he felt compelled to say one thing “simply out of kindness, and simply respecting folks. I feel it’s a beneficial group that I feel wants standing up for.”

Grint additionally acknowledged to Esquire that he nonetheless has “respect” for Rowling, and every little thing she created with the Harry Potter sequence — and for giving him the job that launched him into worldwide stardom. “I’m vastly grateful [for] every little thing that she’s achieved. I feel that she’s extraordinarily proficient, and I imply, clearly, her works are genius,” he defined. “However yeah, I feel additionally you’ll be able to have enormous respect for somebody and nonetheless disagree with issues like that.”

Grint lately appeared alongside his Potter costars in HBO Max’s Harry Potter twentieth Anniversary reunion particular, the place he mirrored on the lifelong bond he has along with his fellow Hogwarts alumni. “We’ve watched one another develop up. We grew up collectively. We’re household,” Grint advised Watson, 31, throughout an emotional dialog. “Although we don’t see one another on a regular basis, yeah. It’s a robust bond that we’ll at all times have, and we’ll at all times be a part of one another’s lives.”

Rowling, in the meantime, didn’t participate within the reunion however was as a substitute featured in archival footage shot in 2019.

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Supply: US MAGAZINE